Rockaway Point

Last Saturday I went to Rockaway Point first time this season.

Rockaway is a narrow peninsular in Queens. One side faces Jamaica Bay and the other side faces the Atlantic Ocean. I can go from one side to the other easily. It all depends on the fishing conditions, especially the wind direction.

Rockaway Point is one of the best fishing spots around the city.







Last Saturday was a nice sunny day with light wind. But the ocean wave was stronger than expected. The big wave kept beating up the tip of the jetty where I wanted to fish.

For safety I had to leave that spot and fished on the jetty closer to the beach.



























I caught a small fluke and a sea robin with a Clouser minnow.

It shows small weighted flies are effective to catch these bottom feeding fish.

Even no striper or blue was caught, these two fishes gave me some fun.

I was looking for a suitable fly box for my new squid flies. My wife suggested an empty plastic jar. I doubted it at first, but it turned out to be a very good container for keeping bulky and fluffy shaped flies.

Rockaway Beach

I went to Rockaway Beach after work today and caught a 29-inch blue fish and a small fluke using EP body peanut bunker and EZ body silver side respectively.

I caught the blue around 6 pm, 2 hours after high tide.

The blue fish is actually my first caught with fly tackle this season.

I have surf fly fished many times this season already and finally got some.

I wish this is a good sign for the rest of the season.

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

I stayed in Marth's Vineyard for 5 days last week as part of my 9 days vacation to New England with my wife.

Marth's Vineyard is an island off the coast of south Massachusetts and is famous of bluefish and striped bass fishing.

The first day morning We explored the island by car and stopped at each good fishing spot mentioned by books and webs to take a look .

The island's parking regulation is very strict.
Some parking lots of good fishing spots require resident or town parking permits. It is tough for visitors to find parking.

In the afternoon We visited Wasque Point which is supposed to be the most productive fishing spot in the island.

It is in the southeast corner of the island with very strong tidal rip which attracts fish.











Schools of bluefish happened to be coming to the shore when I was there. ( It happens at least once a day.) Everybody caught fish except me.

I could guess many reasons that I failed to catch any fish; but I could not pin point the exact one.

I was the only fly fisherman there for the next 3 days.






I couldn't even catch one fish the whole time there with the fly tackle.

Finally I used my wife's lure tackle on the fourth day's evening and caught a 30-inch blue.

We made good use of our motel kitchenette. Guess what I found in the fish stomach: squid + ink.












Dinner: Bulefish 3 ways

Sashimi, saute and soup.

Even though we had a very delicious and fresh bluefish dinner, I am disappointed at not being able to catch any fish with the fly tackle.